8 FR EN TRAD.: Monique Nagielkopf TRANS.: Kate Mayne Il y avait une fois une belle fille crâne qui se dit un jour : je suis l incarnation de l anonymat ; une Bruxelloise timide qui préfère battre le pavé la nuit, parce que, paraît-il, tout le monde évite alors les rues à cause de l insécurité There was once a bold and beautiful girl Who said one day: I am anonimity made flesh; a shy girl from Brussels who prefers to saunter through the night because, it is said, everyone avoids the streets then anyway fearing for their safety. Ambre, c était son nom, du moins c est ce qu elle disait et aussi que c était deux cents et que ça au moins c était du vrai La blonde se targuait dans son meilleur italien de sa nationalité grecque et de ses vingt ans, tandis que lui faisait savoir que, Belge pur-sang, était un Tchèque de trente ans (n était-ce pas Jean Monnet qui disait à propos de l unification européenne que si c était à refaire, il commencerait par le sexe?) Amber was her name that is what she said at least and also that it was two hundred please and that at least that was true The blonde recalled, in her best Italian her Greek citizenship and her twenty years of age, as he informed her that he, a Belgian full-blood, was a Czech man of thirty (was it not Jean Monnet who said - regarding the imminent European Union that if he could do it again he would start with the sex?) Elle s appelait Mélanie, c est du moins ce qu elle disait et aussi que c était cent cinquante Dès que la fille noire eut pris place dans sa guimbarde, elle se targua dans son meilleur espagnol de sa nationalité suédoise et de ses vingt ans chose qu il se laissa conter lui qui était encore Tchèque voilà une demi-heure mais plus maintenant. À présent il venait de Liège, comme les gaufres, dit-il, et il avait toujours trente ans. Il avait un torticolis d avoir trop picolé près de la Bourse mais malgré son état d esprit, il se rendait compte que Liège n était pas à côté de la porte et qu il ne venait d ailleurs pas de là her name was Mélanie that is what she said at least and also that it was one hundred and fifty please As soon as the black girl had taken a seat In his old banger, she recalled in her best Spanish her Swedish nationality, her twenty years something he allowed himself to be led to believe he who was a Czech only half an hour ago but not now. Now he was from Liège Just like the waffles, said he, and he was still only thirty. He had a stiff neck from too much drinking at the Bourse But despite his far from ideal state of mind He realized that Liège is not next door And that he wasn t from there anyway. 6

18 NL EN VERT.: Bart Vonck TRANS.: Sue Rose Eén twee, één twee, met besliste tred loopt ze omhoog, steunt op de treden die maar de rug zijn van haar collega s, ze laat zien dat ze vooruit wil in de wedren ze heeft de spelregels door; in haar handen de dossiers die lijken op een verre getuige ze gelooft dat ze meester is over de tijd One two, one two, resolutely she climbs, she climbs feet placed firmly on the stairs that are none other than colleagues backs she shows she wants it bad that competing in the rat race she knows the rules of the game; in her hand she clutches files like a distant witness she believes she can control time Eén twee, drie vier vijf met besliste tred loopt hij omhoog, hij liegt, hij eet van alle walletjes, voor elk staflid ziet hij zijn naam schitteren, hij is een jong staflid en een dynamische slaaf zonder het te beseffen hij gelooft dat hij zijn voorsprong neemt, hij voelt zijn promotie al komen, ook hij gelooft dat hij meester is over de tijd Maar als voor beiden de nacht aanbreekt, zien ze hun onschuld geofferd op een altaar Dodelijke ratrace waarin je tot het uiterste moet gaan Op je hurken in een gat het hoofd rechtop, de koord gespannen, de tijd houdt ons voor altijd voor de gek One two, three four five resolutely he climbs, he lies, a finger in every pie, before each grade he sees his name in lights, whizz kid and unknowing slave he believes he s ahead of the game, promotion is on the way he feels it in his bones while also believing he can control time But, when night descends, what they both see is their innocence sacrificed on the altar of a hotel Fatal, the trip we take to the bitter end Crouching in a hole we lift our head, a rope tightens, time takes us for a ride, come rain or shine 16

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